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1 Fruits silicles (< 3× as long as wide). |
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....3 Plants succulent, leaves usually fleshy |
....3 Plants herbaceous, not succulent, leaves not fleshy |
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......4 Fruits 2 cm or more wide |
......4 Fruits < 2 cm wide. |
........5 Fruits with 20 or more seeds |
........5 Fruits with 16 or fewer seeds. |
..........6 Fruits with 1 seed. |
............ 7 Plants > 5 dm tall |
............ 7 Plants < 5 dm tall |
..........6 Fruits with 2-16 seeds. |
............ ..8 Fruits with 2 seeds |
............ ..8 Fruits with more than 2 seeds. |
............ ....9 Leaves pinnately lobed |
............ ......10 Stems 5-12 (-20) dm tall; leaf blades of basal leaves (3-) 5-12 (-17) cm long |
............ ......10 Stems 0.5-1.5 (-2) dm tall; leaf blades of basal leaves 0.3-1.5 (-2) cm long |
............ ....9 Leaves not lobed. |
............ ........11 Plants not fetid; seeds usually smooth, yellowish to medium brown |
............ ........11 Plants fetid; seeds striate or alveolate, dark gray to dark brown or black |
1 Fruits siliques (> 3× as long as wide). |
............ ..........12 Fruits indehiscent or breaking into 1-seeded segments. |
............ ............ 13 Fruits not segmented, 1-seeded |
............ ............ 13 Fruits segmented, usually more than 1-seeded. |
............ ............ ..14 Styles obsolete; plants glabrous; [coastal] |
............ ............ ..14 Styles 1-5 mm; plants pubescent; [inland] |
............ ..........12 Fruits dehiscent, more than 1-seeded. |
............ ............ ....15 Fruits segmented. |
............ ............ ......16 Cauline leaf blade bases auriculate (except B. juncea); terminal silique segment seedless (rarely 1-2-seeded), conic |
............ ............ ......16 Cauline leaf blade bases not auriculate; terminal silique segment 1-5-seeded (sometimes 0). |
............ ............ ........17 Fruit valves 1-veined |
............ ............ ........17 Fruit valves 3-7-veined. |
............ ............ ..........18 Valves of the fruit 3 (-5) veined |
............ ............ ..........18 Valves of the fruit 3-5 (-7) veined. |
............ ............ ............ 19 Terminal segment of fruit linear 0.1-1.6 cm long, seedless or 1-seeded. |
............ ............ ............ 19 Terminal segment of fruit ensiform (flattened and 2-edged), (1-) 1.5-2.5 (-3) cm long, seedless |
............ ............ ....15 Fruits unsegmented. |
............ ............ ............ ..20 Fruits (all, or at least some) solitary, borne on scapes |
............ ............ ............ ..20 Fruits in racemes (or corymbose clusters). |
............ ............ ............ ....21 Fruits latiseptate (flattened parallel to the septum). |
............ ............ ............ ......22 Replums strongly flattened; fruit valves dehiscing elastically, coiled |
............ ............ ............ ......22 Replums terete or rounded; fruit valves not dehiscing elastically or coiled. |
............ ............ ............ ........23 Seeds not winged. |
............ ............ ............ ..........24 Fruit stipitate; cauline leaves entire, not auriculate; flowers pink to purple (or white in Warea carteri), [natives of sandhills and coastal plain, NC to s. MS] |
............ ............ ............ ..........24 Fruit sessile or short-stipitate; cauline leaves usually lobed or at least dentate, the bases auriculate or somewhat clasping; flowers yellow; [non-natives, widespread] |
............ ............ ............ ........23 Seeds winged at least distally. |
............ ............ ............ ............ 25 Cauline leaves pinnatifid or pinnatisect |
............ ............ ............ ............ 25 Cauline leaves entire or dentate |
............ ............ ............ ....21 Fruits terete or 4-angled. |
............ ............ ............ ............ ..26 Plants aquatic or semi-aquatic; rooting at nodes |
............ ............ ............ ............ ..26 Plants terrestrial, though rarely growing partially submersed; not rooting at nodes. |
............ ............ ............ ............ ....27 Fresh leaves smelling of garlic when crushed, reniform or cordate, dentate |
............ ............ ............ ............ ....27 Fresh leaves not smelling of garlic when crush, rarely reniform or cordate, dentate or not. |
............ ............ ............ ............ ......28 Seeds biseriate |
............ ............ ............ ............ ......28 Seeds uniseriate. |
............ ............ ............ ............ ........29 Stigma lobes obviously decurrent |
............ ............ ............ ............ ........29 Stigma lobes sometimes distinct but not decurrent. |
............ ............ ............ ............ ..........30 Lower cauline leaves entire or dentate. |
............ ............ ............ ............ ............ 31 Cauline leaves spaced, not concealing stem, spreading to slightly ascending; petals 7-12 mm long |
............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ..32 Basal leaves obovate to oblanceolate, unlobed; cauline leaves entire; siliques 8-13 cm long |
............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ..32 Basal leaves incised or lyrate-lobed; cauline leaves with dentate to serrate margins; siliques 2-4 cm long |
............ ............ ............ ............ ............ 31 Cauline leaves usually ascendant and concealing stems (at least basally); petals 2-5 mm long (except for 5-10 mm long in B. missouriensis) |
............ ............ ............ ............ ..........30 Lower cauline leaves pinnatifid or pinnatisect. |
............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ....33 Terminal leaflet lobes nearly entire to crenate or undulate |
............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ....33 Terminal leaflet lobes sharply toothed or cut |
............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ......34 Basal leaves usually withered by flowering; cauline leaf lobes entire to lyrately lobed; usually petals white to pink; [native of riparian habitats] |
............ ............ ............ ............ ............ ......34 Basal leaves usually present at flowering or after; cauline leaves with linear, filiform, lyrate, or runcinate lobes (occasionally unlobed, but if so then leaves usually linear or otherwise thin); petals yellow; [non-natives of various habitats] |